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Australia To Limit Foreign Enrolment At Its Campuses
Australia has been consistently tightening regulations for international students amid rising immigration pressures on the housing market.
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New Zealand's Visa Curbs Likely To Hit Indian Immigrants
Taking a cue from Australia and Canada, New Zealand has announced tighter visa rules to check the number of immigrants, increasing the requirements to qualify for jobs in the country.
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Australian Opposition Lawmaker's Tweet Sparks Outrage
Australia's deputy opposition leader is under fire for a post claiming "foreign criminals" are attacking women, after an immigrant was detained for sexual assault -- only for police to admit they got the wrong man.
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Australia Tightens Visa Rules: Focus On English Scores, Extended Stay
Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant intake over the next two years as the government looks to overhaul what it said was a "broken" migration system.
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Australia Sacks Powerful Officer Over Leaked WhatsApp Messages
Australia's government on Monday fired a powerful civil servant known as a hardliner on immigration following an investigation into WhatsApp messages he reportedly sent to sway senior politicians.
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Australia To Revamp Immigration System, Smooth Entry For Skilled Workers
Australia proposed on Thursday overhauling its immigration system to speed up getting highly skilled workers into the country and smoothening the path to permanent residency.
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Australia Increases Permanent Migration Visas To End Talent Crunch
Australia will increase its permanent immigration numbers by 35,000 to 195,000 in the current financial year as it looks to shift its focus toward long-term migrants
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Refugee's "Toothbrush" Self Portrait Nominated For Australia's Top Prize
A refugee held for eight years in Australia's hardline immigration system earned a finalist spot in the nation's top art prize on Thursday -- for a self-portrait he painted with a toothbrush.
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Glitches, Delays And Court Drama: Another Day Of Twists In Novak Djokovic Saga
As viewers around the world tuned in to a much-anticipated livestream of Novak Djokovic's visa appeal hearing early Monday, they met the same fate the tennis star faced at Melbourne's airport last week -- being denied entry -- as the site crashed.
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Novak Djokovic Wins Case, Australia Judge Orders Release, Could Yet Be Deported
A government lawyer, however, warned that Australia may yet use ministerial powers to order Novak Djokovic's removal from the country, which would result in him being banned for three years.
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Fans Decry Australia's Treatment Of Novak Djokovic Amid Visa Row
Scores of anti-vaccine protesters joined with ardent Novak Djokovic fans on Saturday to dance, sing and decry the conditions the superstar is enduring in a notorious immigration detention centre.
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Haryana Man, Jailed In Australia For Attacking Sikhs, Deported
An Indian man has been deported from Australia for attacking Sikhs several times last year and earlier this year, the country's immigration and citizenship minister tweeted.
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Coronavirus: Australia's Migration Intake To Drop In 2020-21, Indians Affected
Australia's migration intake will drop significantly to 31,000 in 2020-21 from 232,000 in 2018-19 due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, impacting thousands of Indians planning to emigrate to this country.
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Sri Lankan Tamil Family Facing Deportation Gets Australian Town's Backing
Biloela, population 6,000, is a small rural town in northeastern Australia. When the town's first - and hitherto only - set of traffic lights was built 10 years ago, residents were sent into a tizzy. Many families still work in coal mines or cotton farms. On weekends, people fish.
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"Let Them Stay": Australians Rally In Support Of Sri Lanka Family
Hundreds of Australians joined rallies Sunday urging the government not to deport a Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- whose case has become a new flashpoint over immigration policy.
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Australia To Limit Foreign Enrolment At Its Campuses
Australia has been consistently tightening regulations for international students amid rising immigration pressures on the housing market.
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New Zealand's Visa Curbs Likely To Hit Indian Immigrants
Taking a cue from Australia and Canada, New Zealand has announced tighter visa rules to check the number of immigrants, increasing the requirements to qualify for jobs in the country.
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Australian Opposition Lawmaker's Tweet Sparks Outrage
Australia's deputy opposition leader is under fire for a post claiming "foreign criminals" are attacking women, after an immigrant was detained for sexual assault -- only for police to admit they got the wrong man.
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Australia Tightens Visa Rules: Focus On English Scores, Extended Stay
Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant intake over the next two years as the government looks to overhaul what it said was a "broken" migration system.
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Australia Sacks Powerful Officer Over Leaked WhatsApp Messages
Australia's government on Monday fired a powerful civil servant known as a hardliner on immigration following an investigation into WhatsApp messages he reportedly sent to sway senior politicians.
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Australia To Revamp Immigration System, Smooth Entry For Skilled Workers
Australia proposed on Thursday overhauling its immigration system to speed up getting highly skilled workers into the country and smoothening the path to permanent residency.
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Australia Increases Permanent Migration Visas To End Talent Crunch
Australia will increase its permanent immigration numbers by 35,000 to 195,000 in the current financial year as it looks to shift its focus toward long-term migrants
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Refugee's "Toothbrush" Self Portrait Nominated For Australia's Top Prize
A refugee held for eight years in Australia's hardline immigration system earned a finalist spot in the nation's top art prize on Thursday -- for a self-portrait he painted with a toothbrush.
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Glitches, Delays And Court Drama: Another Day Of Twists In Novak Djokovic Saga
As viewers around the world tuned in to a much-anticipated livestream of Novak Djokovic's visa appeal hearing early Monday, they met the same fate the tennis star faced at Melbourne's airport last week -- being denied entry -- as the site crashed.
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Novak Djokovic Wins Case, Australia Judge Orders Release, Could Yet Be Deported
A government lawyer, however, warned that Australia may yet use ministerial powers to order Novak Djokovic's removal from the country, which would result in him being banned for three years.
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Fans Decry Australia's Treatment Of Novak Djokovic Amid Visa Row
Scores of anti-vaccine protesters joined with ardent Novak Djokovic fans on Saturday to dance, sing and decry the conditions the superstar is enduring in a notorious immigration detention centre.
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Haryana Man, Jailed In Australia For Attacking Sikhs, Deported
An Indian man has been deported from Australia for attacking Sikhs several times last year and earlier this year, the country's immigration and citizenship minister tweeted.
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Coronavirus: Australia's Migration Intake To Drop In 2020-21, Indians Affected
Australia's migration intake will drop significantly to 31,000 in 2020-21 from 232,000 in 2018-19 due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, impacting thousands of Indians planning to emigrate to this country.
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Sri Lankan Tamil Family Facing Deportation Gets Australian Town's Backing
Biloela, population 6,000, is a small rural town in northeastern Australia. When the town's first - and hitherto only - set of traffic lights was built 10 years ago, residents were sent into a tizzy. Many families still work in coal mines or cotton farms. On weekends, people fish.
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"Let Them Stay": Australians Rally In Support Of Sri Lanka Family
Hundreds of Australians joined rallies Sunday urging the government not to deport a Tamil family of four -- including two Australian-born toddlers -- whose case has become a new flashpoint over immigration policy.
